linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] blink: Only blink when parameter is set

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Date:	Thu, 21 Jun 2007 02:20:34 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jikos@...os.cz>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] blink: Only blink when parameter is set

Hi!

> > * It breaks keyboards. Yes, we are talking about maybe-broken i8042s, 
> >   but it still breaks thinkpads at least.
> 
> Hi Pavel,
> 
> this has probably been already solved by proper throttling - see 
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/6/15/22

No, it was not. I still saw the problems with CONFIG_BLINK on, that is
one blink per 5 seconds or something.

We should rename CONFIG_BLINK to
CONFIG_BREAK_THINKPAD_KEYBOARD_AND_MORE.

									Pavel
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